Sentimental, moi? Well just a touch. I'd love to see this talented pair do well, they've got stunningly rich, emotive vocal chords displayed to the full in this dramatic, swelling ballad, but I fear it may be a bit overwhelming in the lip-quivering dept and lacks the magnetism of the last disc. Full marks, however, for the classy
Ultravox-ian embossed sleeve. (
Betty Page, Record Mirror, January 15, 1983)
For all their talk about "feelings" and "emotions", this pair are too bound up in the great '60s songs that influenced them to communicate anything more than a sense of vague nostalgia. Twenty years ago, this kind of clipped, sombre vocal and cinematic string production might've jerked a tear. These days, it just sounds pompous. (
Dave Rimmer, Smash Hits, January 20, 1983)
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